A disability rights advocate with cerebral palsy was allegedly made to wait at the check-in counter, apparently because she was travelling alone, on Sunday. Jeeja Ghosh complained that the airline could not provide a wheelchair and also did not have anyone to push one. The airline representative allegedly asked Ghosh why she did not have an escort accompanying her. “We got down from the car and walked up to the airline’s check-in counter,” Ghosh said. Ratnaboli Ray, who was travelling with Ghosh, said an airline employee called her up and accused her of abandoning Ghosh instead of escorting her.

Source: The Telegraph October 21, 2019 00:33 UTC